2017 FACULTY OF T: +27(0)51 401 3000 E: info@ufs.ac.za www.ufs.ac.za Inspiring excellence. Transforming lives. Inspireer uitnemendheid. Verander lewens.
Faculty of The Faculty of is located on three campuses, namely Bloemfontein, South and Qwaqwa Campuses. The faculty educates teachers in several disciplines. Our one role is to prepare pre-service teachers for their work in schools, ensuring that they have a strong disciplinary base for their professional work. A second major role is the teaching of in-service educators. The work is informed by and closely related to our research and community outreach. We bring to our work a keen interest in the local context, using it as an opportunity for exploring issues that are universal in education. We work closely with schools and other sites of education and attempt to keep theory and practice in dialogue with one another. The faculty offers a wide range of undergraduate degrees and diplomas, as well as postgraduate certificates, honours, master s and doctoral study programmes. We place a high value on students as central to our work. Students in our undergraduate Bachelor of degree (offered in Pre-school and Foundation, Intermediate and FET phases) are preparing to be teachers in primary and secondary schools. The key teaching and learning tenet of the programme is reflection, with an emphasis on teaching prospective teachers about teaching as opposed to teaching them only how to teach. In the postgraduate area, we offer honours and master s degrees and a doctoral programme. The faculty produces large numbers of honours and master s graduates in critical areas such as Curriculum Studies, Higher, Psychology of, Philosophy and Policy Studies in, Comparative and Management. Within the continuing education sector, we offer the Advanced Certificate in (ACE), National Professional Diploma in (NPDE), Advanced Certificate in Teaching (ACT) and numerous short courses. No new students are accepted for ACE and NPDE since August 2014. The ACT addresses the changing needs of the teaching profession and focuses on the upgrading of the knowledge and methodology of teachers for subjects in all the school phases. Research in the faculty includes work that is focused on issues of teaching and learning in specific disciplines, as well as a focus on matters that are more general, educational contents, social issues and curriculum. DEAN: PROF SECHABA MAHLOMAHOLO In a world where education changes lives, we at the Faculty of change the social fabric of our community, culture and ultimately the world through interaction between teaching and learning. Publication design - KarooRepublic 2 3
INITIAL TEACHER EDUCATION (UNDERGRADUATE): Programme Director: Dr Boitumelo Moreeng POSTGRADUATE STUDIES Admission to all undergraduate degrees are subject to selection. Applications close on 30 September 2016. Certificate / Diploma Duration Contact person Contact details First degree Bachelor of in Foundation Phase Teaching Bachelor of in Intermediate Phase Teaching Bachelor of in Senior and FET Teaching * Bachelor of in Foundation Phase Teaching, Five-year extended curriculum programme Duration Compulsory Grade 12 subjects Four years None 30 Four years None 30 Four years None 30 admission point (AP) Five years None 25 29 Postgraduate Diploma in Postgraduate Diploma in Higher One year Honours degrees Mr IM Ferreira Dr Rika van Schoor BEd Hons (only pipeline students) One year Mr IM Ferreira MEd (five areas of specialisation) Master s degrees One year Mrs CS Duvenhage MA (Higher Studies) One year Dr Victor Teise +27(0) 51 401 9179 / +27(0) 51 401 3799 / +27(0) 51 401 9179 / +27(0) 51 401 3651 / +27(0) 51 401 9019 / * Bachelor of in Intermediate Phase Teaching, Five-year extended curriculum programme * Bachelor of in Senior and FET Teaching, Five-year extended curriculum programme Admission requirements are subject to change. Five years None 25 29 Five years None 25 29 PhD ( areas of specialisation) Doctoral degrees Mrs CS Duvenhage PhD (Higher Studies) Dr Victor Teise +27(0) 51 401 3651 / +27(0) 51 401 9019/ * Students with a National Senior Certificate (NSC) and AP of 25-29 can be admitted provided that there is space available in the programme after the four-year curriculum has been filled. SCHOOL OF OPEN LEARNING (TEACHER CONTINUED PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT) - Director: Mr Pierre Plekker Certificate Duration Contact details Postgraduate Certificate in (PGCE) One year +27(0) 51 401 9685 Certificate / Diploma Advanced Certificate in (12 learning areas)* Duration Contact person Mr Pierre Plekker Contact details +27(0) 51 505 1250 / plekkerp@ufs.ac.za National Professional Diploma in (four specialisations)* Mr Pierre Plekker +27(0) 51 505 1250 / plekkerp@ufs.ac.za Advanced Certificate in Teaching (14 learning areas / subjects) Mr Pierre Plekker +27(0) 51 505 1250 / plekkerp@ufs.ac.za * Note: The two programmes are being phased out and no new students will be admitted to these programmes. 4 5
PROGRAMMES IN EDUCATION STUDIES The above programmes comprise a range of qualifications, focusing on: professional training of prospective educators; and continuous education and development of the education corps. The following career prospects apply: Professionally qualified educators for the pre-school, foundation, intermediate, senior and further education phases. Specialists in the fields of Management, Curriculum Studies, Inclusive, Support Teaching, Policy and Philosophy and as a science. Experts in education-related careers, such as instructors, trainers, education policy analysts and lecturers in the Higher sector. The BEd offers, among others, excellent training in the knowledge, skills, expertise and techniques that have a bearing on developing autonomy, responsibility and interpersonal relationships, as well as rendering an expert service as a teacher, manager and subject expert. Career opportunities for students specialising in technological education. The Baccalaureus is (BEd) in technological university subjects is aimed at the initial stages of teacher training. It is a focused qualification, providing students with the opportunity to obtain a technology-directed teaching degree for qualifying as a professional teacher in the Further and Training phase. The BEd qualification is also suitable for the development of expertise in teaching-related careers such as instructors; trainers; lecturers/doctors/professors at higher education (tertiary) institutions; supervisors and/or managers in technology-related industries; managers of workshops, community centres and factories; expertise in loss control; forestry; draughtsmen; designers; etc. Entrepreneurial opportunities are unlimited and given the appropriate choice of subjects (for example, Business Management), it is invaluable should you wish to establish your own business. Four-year curriculum BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN FOUNDATION PHASE TEACHING (FOR GRADES R 3) Core curriculum module Lifelong learning skills for teachers Studies 1: 1.1: The individual in education context 1.2: What it means to educate: theoretical perceptions and significance for SA education General Pedagogy I: Early Childhood Development and Learning (0-9) Mathematics 1: Numbers, Operations, Relationships Teaching Practice 1 Five-year EXTENDED curriculum PROGRAMME Skills and Competencies in lifelong learning Academic language course in English OR Afrikaans for academic purposes Mathematics 1: Numbers, Operations, Relationships Enquiries: An-Marie Loots Tel: +27 (0)51 401 3059 Email: 6 7
Four-year curriculum BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN INTERMEDIATE PHASE TEACHING (FOR GRADES 4 7) Four-year curriculum BACHELOR OF EDUCATION IN SENIOR PHASE AND FURTHER EDUCATION AND TRAINING TEACHING (FOR GRADES 8 12) Mathematics 1 Mathematics 2 OR Life Skills 2 Core curriculum module Lifelong learning skills for teachers Studies 1: 1.1: The individual in education context 1.2: What it means to educate: theoretical perceptions and significance for SA education General Pedagogy 1: Managing the curriculum Teaching Practice 1 Five-year EXTENDED curriculum PROGRAMME Skills and competencies in lifelong learning Academic language course in English OR Afrikaans for academic purposes Mathematics 1 Mathematics 2 OR Life Skills 2 *Subject Content 1 **Subject Content 2 Core curriculum module Life-long learning skills for teachers Studies 1.1: The individual in education context Studies 1.2: What it means to educate: theoretical perceptions and significance for SA education General Pedagogy 1: Managing the curriculum Teaching Practice 1 * Select two school-related subjects. One of these subjects must be taken up to second-year level. Five-year EXTENDED curriculum PROGRAMME Skills and competencies in lifelong learning Academic language course in English OR Afrikaans for academic purposes Mathematical literacy *Subject Content 1 **Subject Content 2 * Select two school-related subjects. One of these subjects must be taken up to second-year level. Enquiries: Edwin Jacquire Tel:+27 (0)51 401 9685 Email: BURSARIES (Undergraduate/PGCE) Provincial Department of and Funza Lushaka. Enquiries: Nicolene Butler Tel:+27(0) 51 401 2025 Email: Enquiries: An-Marie Loots Tel: +27 (0)51 401 3059 Email: 8 9
POSTGRADUATE CERTIFICATE IN EDUCATION (PGCE) The Postgraduate Certificate (PGCE) is a professional educator s qualification that caps a degree qualification. It is intended for students seeking a career in the Senior and Further and Training phase in schools. This qualification is also suitable for the training of expertise for education-related careers such as instructors and trainers, who are in possession of at least a first Baccalaureus degree. Admission requirements A combination of school-related subjects in the obtained degree can ensure admission to this study, e.g. Options 1 2 3 School-related subjects One subject up to third-year level and One subject up to second-year level Two subjects up to second-year level and One subject at first-year level One subject up to third-year level and Mathematics or Physics and Chemistry, Biology or Technology at first-year level Duration of course: The duration of the Postgraduate Certificate in is one year of full-time study. A two-year part-time course is available only for currently employed educators. Enquiries: Edwin Jacquire Tel:+27 (0) 51 401 9685 Email: PROGRAMME IN HIGHER EDUCATION STUDIES The postgraduate programme in higher education studies provides an opportunity to lecturers, support and management staff of universities, colleges and private institutions for professional development. The programme offers a choice between three different levels of postgraduate qualifications (for more information on the curriculum and admission requirements, please consult the relevant Rule book): Postgraduate Diploma in Higher. MA degree in Higher Studies. PhD degree in Higher Studies. The Postgraduate Diploma programme is typically characterised by: an active, practical and resource-based approach; limited and evenly spread contact sessions to suit the busy schedule of higher-education staff; structured team supervision; an interdisciplinary approach: students from any field of study may enrol; students are allowed to register for occasional studies in single modules of the programme; and a limited number of short learning programmes (e.g. on research methodology and assessment) that are credit-bearing towards the Postgraduate Diploma qualification. The research-driven master s and doctoral degree qualifications in the programme involve the completion of a full research dissertation or thesis on any topic related to either Higher or Further. In both cases, a structured team supervision approach is also followed. Enquiries: Dr Victor Teise Tel: +27 (0) 51 401 9019 Email: All information in this publication is subject to change. Information in this publication has been compiled with the utmost care. However, the Council and Senate accept no responsibility for errors. Studying the Faculty Rule book as the final and correct source is important and it is available at www.ufs.ac.za. Photo: Evert Kleynhans 10 11
Kovsies Open Day BLOEMFONTEIN CAMPUS: 14 MAY 2016 08h30 9h30 08h30 12h00 10h30 11h30 11h30 15h00 8h30 15h00 Formal welcoming of the Class of 2017 AND their parents Venue: Callie Human Centre Prospective students and their parents visit faculties and exhibitions Informal welcoming of the Class of 2017 (PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS ONLY) Venue: Callie Human Centre Prospective students visit faculties and exhibitions Student Life Programme in front of Main Building Bring your application form and documents to the onsite application centre. Follow the directions. QWAQWA CAMPUS: 21 MAY 2016 10h00 11h00 10h00 15h00 Formal welcoming of the Class of 2017 AND their parents Venue: Rolihlahla Mandela Hall Prospective students and their parents visit faculties and exhibitions Bring your application form and documents to the onsite application centre. Follow the directions. For more information visit Facebook/Kovsie2b T: +27(0)51 401 3384/3000 E: info@ufs.ac.za www.ufs.ac.za Inspiring excellence. Transforming lives. Inspireer uitnemendheid. Verander lewens. This publication was compiled by the Department Marketing and Recruitment of the University of the Free State.